1 Business Opportunities for Czech Companies on Japanese Market Stanislav Beneš Commercial Counsellor MFA Prague, 17 th April 2018
Table of Contents 2 I. Why Japan? II. Sectoral Business Opportunities III. EU Japan Economic Partnership Agreement IV. Institutional Support V. Projects and Events VI. Q + A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 2
I. Why Japan? 3 Big and Rich Market 127 mil. People, Largest Number of Rich Households High Mark-ups, Appreciation for high Quality Attachment to Modern Technologies and Frequent Innovations Demanding Market Excellent Reference for other Asian Markets 3 rd Largest Economy, 4 th Largest Importer Stability and Reliability Unconditional Respect to Rules and Obligations Member of G7, OECD, APEC etc. JAPAN Extremely Durable Partnerships BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 3
I. Japan and the Czech Republic 4 Traditional Partner in East Asia, Similar Democratic Values Important Investor, mainly in High Value-added Industries (Automotive, Electronics) Long-term Relations in Many Areas: Culture Architecture Business Sport Tourism Mutual Trust Very Important! BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 4
II. Sectoral Business Opportunities 5 Agri-food Beer & Wine Dairy Products Processed Meat Products Cereals, Chocolate ICT Cyber Security Network Monitoring Translation Programs Computer Games Energy Small & Medium-sized Hydro Powerplants Renewable Energy Projects Hydrogen Technologies Industry 4.0, Robotics and Automation Smart Factories Robot Revolution Internet of Things Society 5.0 Hi-Tech Sectors Nanotech Biotech and Life Sciences Optics and Photonics Research & Development Medical Devices Aging Population Long Life Expectancy Diagnostics Hospital and Home Care Equipment BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 5
III. Economic Partnership Agreement 6 EU and Japan - Almost 30% of World GDP, Approximately 37% of World Trade Potential of 32.7% Increase in EU Exports to Japan and 23.5% Increase of Japanese Exports to the EU Immediately after Entering into Force - Removal of Customs Duties on 90% Exports from the EU, and later on almost 97% (Industrial Products - 100%) New Opportunities in Agri-food (now Average JP Tariff of 16,5%) Lower or Zero Tariffs on Meat, Wine, Dairy, Processed Food etc. Opening of Services Markets, in particular Financial Services, E-commerce, Telecommunications and Transport Removal of Number of Regulatory Barriers - Cars, Textiles, Chemicals, Electrical Machinery, Food Safety, Processed Food, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals Protection of Geographical Indications (GI s) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 6
IV. Institutional Support 7 Czech Government Institutions Czech Embassy, CzechInvest, CzechTourism, Czech Centre CCCIJ Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan EU Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation JETRO (Prague & Tokyo) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 7
IV. Economic Diplomacy 8 Trade Shows and Exhibitions (Nanotech, FOODEX, Japan Aerospace, JATA, Bio Japan, Japan IT Week) Matchmaking Seminars Business Missions Individual Company Presentations Czech Festivals (multi-layered business, culture and tourism - cooperation with CzechTourism Japan and Czech Centre Tokyo) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 8
V. Economic Diplomacy Projects 9 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 9
V. Year of Czech Business in Japan 1 0 www.yearofczechbusiness.jp BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 16 APRIL 2018 10
VI. Questions? 1 1 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 11
1 2 Thank you for your Attention. どうもありがとうございます stanislav_benes@mzv.cz BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CZECH COMPANIES ON JAPANESE MARKET 17 APRIL 2018 12